My mother has her special ways with Niko. For some reason, she is able to help Niko learn skills. I have tried, in all the ways I know, to teach Niko some basic communication skills for two years. I can't even get Niko to reach out to me when I extend my hands to her.
But my mother comes to visit twice a week and performs magic with her. Niko learned to blow kisses from her. She learned Peek-a-boo from my mom. She learned to rock her body side to side to ask for singing from my mom. She learned to shake hands as part of a song, exactly on cue, which my mother also taught her. And now she has learned to clap her hands on demand.
Maybe Niko doesn't like English or Cantonese. My mother speaks to her in Mandarin. Since I am only fluent in Cantonese, here is a video of my asking Niko to clap, in my pathetic Mandarin.
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